After a nine-year court battle, two illegally constructed towers will be razed to the ground in a historic demolition exercise in northern India's Uttar Pradesh.

The incident will happen in Sector 93A of Noida district at 2:30 pm IST on August 28.

People have gathered at the site and are waiting patiently for the demolition to take place. Known as the Supertech twin towers, the construction will be taken down as it violated norms, as alleged by residents of these buildings. The Supreme Court of India ordered the demolition of the structure, which is taller than the historical Qutub Minar and one of the country's biggest constructions. The two towers are Apex (32-storey) and Ceyane (29-storey), which house around 915 flats.

The demolition will be done by a company called Edifice Engineering and it will take place through a process called implosion. Around 3700 explosives have been drilled into 7,000 holes in the pillars of these two buildings. According to the project engineer, this collapse will last for just nine seconds and 12 minutes would be required for the dust to settle. The debris that would be generated as a result of this demolition is set to be around 55,000 tonnes. It would take around three months to clear it. A Rs 100-crore (USD 1,25,04,450.00) insurance cover has also been obtained for damages to any building in the vicinity.

Residents of the area, who are around 7,000 in number, have been asked to evacuate the place. Also, traffic on the Greater Noida Expressway would be stopped for 15 minutes on either side of the blast. The cost of this demolition would be borne by Supertech and the losses are estimated to be around Rs 1,000 crore (USD 12,50,44,500.00). Also, the cost of the demolition would be around Rs 20 crore (USD 25,00,890.00).

According to reports, these towers, built by Supertech, violated several building codes. Initially planned to have 14 towers with nine floors each, it was changed in 2012 when a new plan was made, according to which, there would be 40 floors in two towers. Soon, this came to the notice of the Residents Welfare Association (RWA) who then took this matter to the Allahabad High Court.

Two years later, the Allahabad High Court ordered that this structure be demolished and flat owners will be refunded. Supertech, the builders of this structure, then appealed to the Supreme Court, who also, after a lot of back and forth, gave the same verdict in 2021, stating that the Noida Authority and Supertech had engaged in, "nefarious complicity."

The demolition was further delayed as there was an appeal by Supertech to the apex court to review their decision. But the outcome didn't change as the verdict remained the same. The deadline for the demolition was extended to August 28 due to technical issues.